Aventail cuts 35 employees and contractors

After its $25 million sale to SonicWALL last month, Aventail noted that some layoffs would be coming. Now, we know the damage.

Thirty-five employees and contractors were let go at the company last week, including 23 from the Seattle office. Prior to the cuts, Aventail had employed 175 people.

In a statement, Aventail said that cuts occurred in administration, sales and marketing where there was overlap with SonicWALL. One employee also was laid off at Aventail’s 50-person development center in Bangalore, India.

No further cuts are planned and the Seattle office will be hiring for new positions in the future, the company said.

Aventail, which raised $110 million in venture financing during the dot-com boom, sells networking hardware and software to large organizations like AT&T, IBM Global Services, Target and DuPont.